Napoleon, 27, was a much-loved member of animal stunt team The Devil's Horsemen and had work in the film industry for 25 years. He was fatally injured after being struck by a grey Saab convertible at 6am on Tuesday.

Long and short of it: Carla Bruni wears flat heels, while Sarkozy gives himself a boost Standing side by side with her husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, today, French first lady Carla Bruni did her best to dress down – quite literally. At 5ft 9in the former supermodel towers over the President’s reputed 5ft 5in. But, with […]

The Hills Have Eyes 2 The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Cert 18, 86 mins, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Horror/Thriller, also available to buy DVD £19.99) A unit of ill-prepared National Guards and their gruff commanding officer, Sarge (Flex Alexander), head into the desert to deliver supplies to a team of scientists. Finding the encampment […]

The Napoleon sword at auction A gold-encrusted sword used by Napoleon was sold for more than £3.2million at auction yesterday – four times its guide price. The 97cm blade was carried by the French leader at the 1800 Battle of Marengo in which he launched a surprise attack that drove the Austrian army out of […]

NAPOLEON WAS NOfan of Britain. But the French emperor was keen on learning the language – apparently to find out what English newspapers were saying about him. Documents showing him grappling with grammar form part of an exhibition that opens on Thursday at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, South-East London.

NEVER MIND THEMona Lisa, Venus de Milo or Michelangelo’s David – the real inspirations behind some of the world’s finest paintings are apparently the likes of John Leslie, and Chas and Dave. The discovery was made by Rob Manuel when he visited the National Gallery. He said: ‘To be honest I was finding it a […]

GINGER-HAIRED PEOPLEcould face extinction within 100 years as the world’s races mingle because of migration, scientists said on Sunday. Blondes are also likely to be consigned to the genetic dustbin of history but at a slower rate, because there are more of them. Dr Desmond Tobin, of Bradford University, said the proportion of ginger-haired people […]

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE’S ADAGEthat an army marches on its stomach has been given new life in Malaysia. After a major review of its soldiers’ diet, the country’s defence ministry has announced that they will be given six meals a day. Food is something of a national obsession in Malaysia but the new ration regime in the […]